Children's Story

[1st child] Uncle Whitey! Uncle Whitey, could you tell us a bedtime story?

[2nd child] Dat's right! We wanna hear a bedtime story!

[1st child] Please! Could you tell us a bedtime story?

[2nd child] Bring me some of mah Cheesy Poofs right now!

[Everlast]

Once upon a time not long ago

When people wore pajamas and lived life slow

When laws were stern and justice stood

And people were behaving' like they ought to: good

There was a little boy who was misled by another lil' boy

And this is what he said

"Me and you, Guy, we gonna make some cash

Robbing' old folks and making' the dash"

They did the job, money came with ease

But one couldn't stop, it's like he had a disease

He robbed another and another and a sister and her brother

Tried to rob a man who was a D.T. undercover

The cop grabbed his arm, he started acting erratic

He said, "keep still, boy, no need for static"

Punched him in his belly and he gave him a slap

But little did he know the lil' boy was strapped

The kid pulled out a gun

He said, "Why'd you hit me?"

The barrel headed straight for the cop's kidney

The cop got scared, the kid, he starts to figure

"I'll do years if I pull this trigger"

So he cold dashed and ran around the block

Cop radios in to another lady cop

He ran by a tree, there he saw this sister

A shot for the head, he shot back but he missed her

Looked 'round good in expectations

So he decided he'd head for the subway stations

But she was coming so he made a left

He was running' top speed till he was outta breath

Knocked an old man down and swore he killed him

Then he made his move to an abandoned building

Ran up the stairs up to the top floor

Opened up the door there, guess who he saw

Dave, the dope fiend shooting dope

Who don't know the meaning of water nor soap

He said, "I need bullets, hurry up, run"

The dope fiend brought back a spanking shotgun

He went outside but there was cops all over

So he get into a car, it was a stolen Nova

Raced up the block doing 83, crashed into a tree near university

Escaped alive though the car was shattered

He rat-a-tat-tatted and all the cops scattered

Ran out of bullets but still had static

Grabbed a pregnant lady and pulled out the automatic

Pointed at her head and he said the gun was full of lead

He told the cops, "back off or honey here's dead"

Deep in his heart he knew he was wrong

So he let the lady go and he starts to move on

Sirens sounded, he seemed astounded

Before long the lil' boy got surrounded

He dropped the gun, so went the glory

And this is the way I got to end this story

He was only nineteen, in a madman's dream

I saw the cops shoot the kid, I still hear him scream

This ain't funny so don't you dare laugh

Just another case 'bout the wrong path

Straight and narrow or your soul gets cast

Good night!

(Beat box by Rahzel till fade out)